# 1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 139 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

## Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildos election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 236,671 | 33.97 | +4.40 | 51 | +5 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 122,029 | 17.52 | +0.19 | 13 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 91,203 | 13.09 | –0.71 | 14 | +1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 83,237 | 11.95 | –5.61 | 18 | –12 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 82,539 | 11.85 | –0.33 | 10 | +2 |
| | Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC) | 15,573 | 2.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 15,096 | 2.17 | +1.83 | 12 | +10 |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 13,492 | 1.94 | +0.54 | 7 | +2 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 7,571 | 1.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 6,533 | 0.94 | +0.10 | 7 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 3,558 | 0.51 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,373 | 0.48 | –0.05 | 3 | –1 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 2,291 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,553 | 0.22 | –0.17 | 4 | –4 |
| | Party of The People (LG) | 1,406 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)$^3$ | 1,222 | 0.18 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,219 | 0.17 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)$^4$ | 1,172 | 0.17 | +0.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 1,041 | 0.15 | –0.60 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 713 | 0.10 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Gomeran People's Union (UPGO) | 45 | 0.01 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | n/a | n/a | –2.49 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 5,145 | 0.74 | +0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | 696,682 | | | 139 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 696,682 | 99.27 | +0.43 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,143 | 0.73 | –0.43 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 701,825 | 61.86 | –5.32 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 432,765 | 38.14 | +5.32 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,134,590 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 elections.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left, Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left and Union of Left Nationalists in the 1987 elections.$^3$ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 elections.$^4$ Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
33.97%
ATI
17.52%
PP
13.09%
CDS
11.95%
ICAN
11.85%
IGC
2.24%
PIL
2.17%
API
1.94%
PNC
1.09%
AM
0.94%
IF
0.48%
AHI
0.22%
Others
1.82%
Blank ballots
0.74% :
Seats
PSOE
36.69%
CDS
12.95%
PP
10.07%
ATI
9.35%
PIL
8.63%
ICAN
7.19%
API
5.04%
AM
5.04%
AHI
2.88%
IF
2.16% :

## Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Cabildo | Previous control | New control |
| El Hierro | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Fuerteventura | Majorera Assembly (AM) | Majorera Assembly (AM) |
| Gran Canaria | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Canarian Initiative (ICAN) |
| La Gomera | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| La Palma | People's Party (PP) | La Palma Group of Independents (API) (PSOE in 1993) |
| Lanzarote | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PSOE in 1994) |
| Tenerife | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) |

## Islands
### El Hierro

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | 1,553 | 36.52 | –28.53 | 4 | –4 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,362 | 32.03 | +11.01 | 4 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 851 | 20.01 | +11.61 | 2 | +1 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN) | 478 | 11.24 | New | 1 | +1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 8 | 0.19 | –0.24 | | |
| Total | Total | 4,252 | | | 11 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,252 | 99.67 | +0.05 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 14 | 0.33 | –0.05 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 4,266 | 74.82 | –1.99 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,436 | 25.18 | +1.99 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 5,702 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Majorera Assembly (AM) | 6,533 | 35.99 | –0.93 | 7 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3,905 | 21.51 | +9.93 | 4 | +2 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 3,373 | 18.58 | –4.83 | 3 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3,357 | 18.49 | –2.19 | 3 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 871 | 4.80 | +0.20 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 113 | 0.62 | –0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 18,152 | | | 17 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 18,152 | 99.38 | +0.05 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 113 | 0.62 | –0.05 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 18,265 | 69.62 | –5.10 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 7,970 | 30.38 | +5.10 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 26,235 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 111,829 | 35.48 | +8.12 | 12 | +3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 59,228 | 18.79 | –3.98 | 6 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 58,206 | 18.47 | –2.30 | 6 | +1 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 54,892 | 17.42 | –0.86 | 5 | ±0 |
| | Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC) | 15,573 | 4.94 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 4,621 | 1.47 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 2,291 | 0.73 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 1,328 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)$^3$ | 1,222 | 0.39 | +0.15 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)$^4$ | 1,172 | 0.37 | +0.21 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 1,041 | 0.33 | –1.37 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Assembly (Tagoror) | 713 | 0.23 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of The People (LG) | 603 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | n/a | n/a | –5.63 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,451 | 0.78 | +0.05 | | |
| Total | Total | 315,170 | | | 29 | +2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 315,170 | 99.22 | +0.73 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,493 | 0.78 | –0.73 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 317,663 | 62.63 | –2.61 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 189,573 | 37.37 | +2.61 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 507,236 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists in the 1987 election.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election.$^3$ The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List results are compared to Humanist Platform totals in the 1987 election.$^4$ Left Platform results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### La Gomera

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 5,399 | 57.13 | +0.78 | 8 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI) | 3,097 | 32.77 | +2.18 | 5 | +1 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^1$ | 567 | 6.00 | –0.38 | 0 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^2$ | 302 | 3.20 | –1.25 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Gomeran People's Union (UPGO) | 45 | 0.48 | –1.35 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 40 | 0.42 | +0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 9,450 | | | 13 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,450 | 99.73 | +0.27 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 26 | 0.27 | –0.27 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 9,476 | 71.27 | –0.71 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 3,819 | 28.73 | +0.71 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 13,295 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election.$^2$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### La Palma

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 13,492 | 33.08 | +8.67 | 7 | +2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,390 | 32.83 | +6.33 | 7 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 7,701 | 18.88 | –7.74 | 4 | –2 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 3,912 | 9.59 | +0.06 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 2,165 | 5.31 | –7.20 | 1 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 122 | 0.30 | –0.13 | | |
| Total | Total | 40,782 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 40,782 | 99.45 | –0.15 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 225 | 0.55 | +0.15 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 41,007 | 67.41 | +0.49 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 19,828 | 32.59 | –0.49 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 60,835 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to United Canarian Left totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Lanzarote

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) | 15,096 | 48.79 | +39.84 | 12 | +10 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,438 | 27.27 | –6.69 | 6 | –3 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4,549 | 14.70 | –23.14 | 3 | –7 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 1,036 | 3.35 | +0.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 964 | 3.12 | –4.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 404 | 1.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 307 | 0.99 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 145 | 0.47 | –0.19 | | |
| Total | Total | 30,939 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 30,939 | 99.63 | +0.79 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 115 | 0.37 | –0.79 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 31,054 | 58.51 | –7.84 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 22,019 | 41.49 | +7.84 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 53,073 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists and People's Alliance in the 1987 election.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Tenerife

← Summary of the 26 May 1991 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 122,029 | 43.91 | +2.83 | 13 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 92,348 | 33.23 | +1.07 | 10 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 22,236 | 8.00 | +1.78 | 2 | +1 |
| | Canarian Initiative (ICAN)$^2$ | 21,726 | 7.82 | +0.92 | 2 | +2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 10,841 | 3.90 | –6.67 | 0 | –3 |
| | Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) | 2,546 | 0.92 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Canarian Coalition for Independence (CI (FREPIC–Awañac)) | 1,923 | 0.69 | +0.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 1,219 | 0.44 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of The People (LG) | 803 | 0.29 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,266 | 0.82 | +0.27 | | |
| Total | Total | 277,937 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 277,937 | 99.23 | +0.19 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,157 | 0.77 | –0.19 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 280,094 | 59.82 | –8.98 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 188,120 | 40.18 | +8.98 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 468,214 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election.$^2$ Canarian Initiative results are compared to the combined totals of United Canarian Left and Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left in the 1987 election. |||||||